domesticate

tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

1. To cause to feel comfortable at home; make domestic.
2. To adopt or make fit for domestic use or life.
3. 1. To train or adapt (an animal or plant) to live in a human environment and be of use to humans.
   2. To introduce and accustom (an animal or plant) into another region; naturalize.
4. To bring down to the level of the ordinary person.

n. (-kət, -kāt')
A plant or animal that has been adapted to live in a human environment.

domestication do·mes'ti·ca'tion n.

verb

To train to live with and be of use to people: domesticize, gentle, master, tame. See wild/tame.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
  Synonyms: cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame

Meaning #2: overcome the wildness of (an animal); make docile and tractable
  Synonyms: domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame

Meaning #3: make (animals) fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
  Synonym: tame

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tæmme, gøre huslig, vænne til nye omgivelser

Nederlands (Dutch)
temmen, aanpassen aan klimaat (gewas etc.), aan huiselijk leven doen wennen, aan zich onderwerpen

Français (French)
v. tr. - dompter, domestiquer

Deutsch (German)
v. - zähmen, an häusliches Leben gewöhnen, heimisch machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξημερώνω, τρέπω σε κατοικίδιο

Italiano (Italian)
addomesticare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - domesticar

Русский (Russian)
одомашнивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - domesticar, amansar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fästa vid hemmet, civilisera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
驯养, 使喜爱家庭, 驯化, 使适应家庭生活

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 馴養, 使喜愛家庭, 馴化, 使適應家庭生活

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 길들이다, 교화하다, 자기 국내에 받아들이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 飼いならす, 家庭的にする, 教化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعل شخصا يعتاد على الحياة المنزليه وأعمالها, يروض حيوان على الحياة أو العمل مع الناس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביית (בעלי-חיים)‬

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